Upholstery-fold



T. G. PADDACK.

UPHOLSTERY FOLD. PPLICATION FILED IAN.26, 1920.

1,339,281. Patemd May 4,1920.

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UNITEDA sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

TRUMAN G. PADDACK, OF WYOMING, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEARNS AND FOSTER COMPANY, OF LOCKLAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

UPHOLSTERY-FOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application led January 26, 1920. Serial No. 353,981.

To all `whom t may conce/rn Be it known that I, TRUMAN G. PADDACii, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resihave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstery-Folds, of which ton batting to serve as stuffing for up'- holstery.

The ordinary folds, as employed at the present time, in forming up elongated padsl ,and the diiculty of feeding the thick original piece, and furthermore tends to unfold, when complete or during insertion into the upholstery covers.

Then again, it is not desirable that the edges of an upholstery insert be as thick as the center,since this renders its insertion dilicult vin the covers and results in the forcing of the batting into an unnatural shape, at the constricted spaces near the seams of the pockets. 4

A lfurther great defect is that it is a, usual occurrence to have the outer one of the three folds, buckle inwardly at the line of fold, thereby resulting in a lop-sided insert, which must ordinarily be refolded before use'. Y

According to my invention, a fairly thin form an insert or fold, which has a heavy core, and a lightedge. Such a fold is -easily made in automaticmachinry and does not have anyy great tendency to spread. Fur- `thermore there is no tendency of the edges to buckle inwardly, and the fold so formed.

is easily inserted in upholstery pockets, so

as to make a neat and attractive appearance. l I accomplish my new fold by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed. Y dent of Wyoming, Hamilton county, 0h10,

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a cross section of the piece of batting before being folded.

Fig. 2 is a cross section showing the initial fold.

Fig. 3 is a like view of an additional initial fold which may be made or omitted, 'dependent upon the original thickness and width of the unfolded piece.

Fig. 4 is a cross section showing the second fold, bringing the initial folds together at the center of the piece.

- Fig. 5 is a cross section of the final fold, bringing the remaining edges of the piece over the central core.

Fig. 6 is a sectional perspective showing the fold in place in an upholstery cover.

The piece 1, is a piece of batting, vusually of cotton, although some other stuffing material of similar nature, would not amount to a departure from my invention. It is passed longitudinally between folding devices, which turn u-p and roll down the various folds, to be described below.

I have not shown any machinery in my drawings, since the essentials of my fold would apply, as well to direct hand work although for machinery it has the advantage of easy automatic manipulation.

The initial fold 2, is rnade along the marginal edge of the continuous piece, and may be doubled over as vat 3, when it is desired` Having formed the initial fold, the two folded edges are brought in to the center of :the piece (Fig. 4) and laid on top of each other, thereby forming a core lengthwise of the piece.

. The final fold brings up the double thickr ness flaps 4, 4, and laps them over the top of the piece (Fig. 5) thereby covering over the core, and leaving the edges of the completed fold. of much less thickness than the core thereof.

As heretofore stated, this fold or upholstery insert will keep its shape,f due to the fact that the outside flaps arebent up over a central core and are of double width. The cross section of the piece is in the los shape of an arch, and therefore is adapted for an insert between covers 5., 6, of a piece of upholstery covering, to lie neatly between the seams 7, 7, that form the batting the fingers, and no curved or buckled edges' to distort the piece.

It is my desire that the doctrine of e uivalents be. applied in the construction o my claims that follow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An upholstery fold for cotton and the like comprising a strip of suchmaterial, having initial narrow marginal yfolds brought together centrall f of the strip to form a core lengthwise o the fold.

2. An upholstery fold for cotton and the like comprising a strip of such material, having marginal folds initially formed along the edges thereof and then brought together and lapped along the center of the material, with the remaining material brought up and over the top of the core formed by said folds. p

3. An upholstery insert of cotton-or the like comprising a' piece of such material, having the original edgesthereof, formed into a plurality of thicknesses', and said thickened edges brought to the center of the piece and lapped to form a core length-- A wise of the insert, said core not being of the4 full width of the completedi'nsert.

TRUMAN Gr.V PADD'ACK. 

